Palm Sunday & Easter

We spent Palm Sunday at Emanuel and decided to wear our Easter outfits, since we would be in Michigan for Easter.  We figured we'd get some use out of them, and we really wanted a picture in the front of our church.

We went to Emanuel for Good Friday service at 1pm and then drove up to Michigan.  On Saturday we went to St. Paul's for an Easter egg hunt, craft, and snack.  The kids made Resurrection Rolls, which do a great job of illustrating Jesus rising from the dead.  They put oil on a crescent roll, wrapped up a marshmallow, and then rolled the whole thing in cinnamon and sugar.  When they went to eat it, the marshmallow was gone symbolizing the entry tomb.  Saturday night the kids spent time with Grandma while Dave and I went on a date.  Then, on Sunday we went to church at Prince of Peace church with Rick and Anna, had lunch together, looked for eggs, and the kids got Easter baskets.  It was a fun weekend.

I wanted to get Mom flowers and couldn't find any pre-made ones that I liked, so I arranged my own.

Lilly enjoying Grandma's mashed potatoes.

storytime at St. Pauls

Resurrection rolls

My attempt at a watermelon bunny

There was another boy who had on the same suit.

cousins

Liam was very proud of this egg.

too much sugar + no nap = exhausted Lilly

Chicago Trip, Day 3

We started our morning by walking about three blocks down to Millennium Park.  We showed the kids the bean and then walked across the Millennium Bridge.  They are building a great new playground.  Most of it was opened to the public.  We let the kids play for about an hour.  

We walked around town, taking in all the views.  Skyscrapers are such amazing things to the kids!  We stopped at Red Robin for lunch.

Keeping ourselves occupied while we waited for our food to be ready

Liam decided to try and take some pictures.

We walked back to the hotel and checked out.  Then, we drove over to the Museum of Science and Industry.  Liam was so excited about this museum, because we looked online before traveling and saw that they had a weather exhibit and an exhibit about space travel (Liam's two favorite subjects).  Seeing Liam's face when he saw the giant tornado was priceless!

These models are the new designs of rockets (Ares II and Ares V) which will be used for missions to Mars.  Liam informed us that these will be the rockets he will be on some day.

Heading home